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Around 9,000 new apartments, most of them in the upcoming towers in and around West Bay, are likely to be available in Qatar by next year considerably easing supplies and house rentals, say property market sources.

Qatar Airways has launched an innovative Economy Class inflight-service on all flights operating to and from the UK. The revamped concept, which sees all onboard meals served in a new presentation style using recyclable materials.

“Let us endeavour to include our sisters in Gaza so that we can learn from their experiences, knowledge and desire to build a better future,” HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad said in her speech at the First Qatari-Turkish Workshop on Women and Development yesterday.

AN amendment to Qatar’s rent law empowering a landlord to evict a tenant under certain conditions is being considered by the Advisory Council, according to reports published in local Arabic dailies.

THE Women’s Hospital will move to the Medical City by 2012 as Qatar seeks to expand its health facilities, a senior official said yesterday.

QTEL yesterday unveiled new enhancements to its Mozaic Mobile TV service, bringing a choice of channels from two packages, along with easy subscription.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested two residents involved in burgling from a shop located at the Industrial Area recently. A statement posted at the website of the Ministry of Interior yesterday, said the duo have allegedly stolen electric households and new ready-made clothes.

The Ministry of Environment and Qatargas will jointly host the second International Cooling Seawater conference at the InterContinental Hotel on February 18, 2009.

The Schools Olympic Day, an initiative by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, has inspired young girls to participate in sport. QOC has a thriving sports development programme. Currently, thousands of young girls compete in the Schools Olympic Day programme.